For several months, Literaturnaya Gazeta has been hosting a discussion on the topic “Criticism: Suicide of the Genre?”, in which professional literary critics are trying to determine for themselves whether modern Russian criticism is really in a crisis, and if so, what are the ways out. from the current situation? The discussion began with an article by Pavel Basinsky, in which, in particular, he stated "the loss of the status of the state view by criticism" .

On December 16, 2003, it became known that the leader of the all-Russian political public movement "Russian House" (formerly: the social and political movement "Word and Deed") German Sterligov was running for the presidency of Russia. His self-nomination was supported by the non-nationalist Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), operating under the slogan "Russia is not for foreigners . " G. Sterligov lost to Y.

On October 15, 2003 Literaturnaya Gazeta published an interview with Moscow State University professor Sergei Rastorguev, in which his book "Philosophy of the Information War" was presented. There is no doubt that the editors of "LG" share the position of S. Rastorguev, since the interview was announced on the first page of the issue as the main material of the issue as follows: * "If the enemy did not cross our state border in a tank or plane, this does not mean that we are not at war.

The administration of Yekaterinburg provided a grant to the association of patriotic clubs "Druzhina" of the All-Russian Orthodox Youth Movement for the implementation of the "Start in Life" program.

On September 10, 2003, Literaturnaya Gazeta published an interview with the TV presenter of the Postscript program Alexei Pushkov. The journalist does not hide the fact that the main task of the "Postscript" is *"to express through the television screen the ideology of the direction, which can be conditionally called "modern statehood". "Modern statehood " or "post-industrial sovereignty ", according to A.

September 3-6 on about. Rhodes (Greece) hosted the Dialogue of Civilizations forum, in which Russia took an active part. The main organizer of the forum from the Russian side was the "Center of National Glory of Russia", which includes representatives of the Government, the Presidential Administration, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Central Federal District and other government officials.

In the post-election issue of Freedom of Speech (NTV, December 10), Dmitry Rogozin, in response to Vladimir Ryzhkov's reproach that the latest statements of the Motherland bloc and his (Rogozin's) personal one, had already begun to contradict their own pre-election rhetoric (Vladimir Ryzhkov reminded Dm.

On December 3, Moskovsky Komsomolets published yet another, in our opinion, highly original version of the events surrounding Yukos. Its author was the "American expert" (as he is presented by the newspaper) Sergei Lopatnikov. The main idea expressed in the article is not original - today oil is the main object of conflicts. However, the "expert" is not limited to stating this fact, but builds the following chain of reasoning.

In November 2003, George Soros announced that he was ready to allocate 15 million dollars for the campaign against the re-election of George W. Bush Jr. for a second term. According to George Soros , the US president is abusing the US's leading position in the world and thereby posing a threat to the development of democracy throughout the world.